Psalm 89 - English Standard Version (ESV)

I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskil[a] of (A)Ethan the Ezrahite.

89 (B)I will sing of (C)the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your (D)faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I said, (E)“Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens (F)you will establish your (G)faithfulness.”
3 You have said, “I have made (H)a covenant with my (I)chosen one;
I have (J)sworn to David my servant:
4 ‘I will establish your (K)offspring forever,
and build your (L)throne for all generations.’” Selah

5 Let (M)the heavens praise your (N)wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of (O)the holy ones!
6 For (P)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
(Q)Who among the heavenly beings[b] is like the Lord,
7 a God greatly (R)to be feared in the council of (S)the holy ones,
and awesome above all (T)who are around him?
8 O Lord God of hosts,
(U)who is mighty as you are, O (V)Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you (W)still them.
10 You (X)crushed (Y)Rahab like a carcass;
you (Z)scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 (AA)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
(AB)the world and all that is in it, you have (AC)founded them.
12 (AD)The north and the south, you have created them;
(AE)Tabor and (AF)Hermon (AG)joyously praise your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
14 (AH)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
(AI)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
15 Blessed are the people who know (AJ)the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in (AK)the light of your face,
16 who exult in your (AL)name all the day
and in your righteousness are (AM)exalted.
17 For you are (AN)the glory of their strength;
by your favor our (AO)horn is exalted.
18 For our (AP)shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to (AQ)the Holy One of Israel.

19 (AR)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,[c] and said:
“I have (AS)granted help to one who is (AT)mighty;
I have exalted one (AU)chosen from the people.
20 (AV)I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have (AW)anointed him,
21 so that my (AX)hand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him;
(AY)the wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will (AZ)crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24 My (BA)faithfulness and my (BB)steadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his (BC)horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on (BD)the sea
and his right hand on (BE)the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my (BF)Father,
my God, and (BG)the Rock of my salvation.’
27 And I will make him the (BH)firstborn,
(BI)the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
and my (BJ)covenant will stand firm[d] for him.
29 I will establish his (BK)offspring forever
and his (BL)throne as (BM)the days of the heavens.
30 (BN)If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules,[e]
31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with (BO)the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my (BP)covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once for all I have sworn (BQ)by my holiness;
I will not (BR)lie to David.
36 His (BS)offspring shall endure forever,
(BT)his (BU)throne as long as (BV)the sun before me.
37 Like (BW)the moon it shall be established forever,
(BX)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

38 But now you have (BY)cast off and rejected;
you are full of wrath against your (BZ)anointed.
39 You have (CA)renounced (CB)the covenant with your servant;
you have (CC)defiled his (CD)crown in the dust.
40 You have (CE)breached all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
41 (CF)All who pass by plunder him;
he has become (CG)the scorn of his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
and you have not made him stand in battle.
44 You have made his splendor to cease
and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short (CH)the days of his youth;
you have (CI)covered him with shame. Selah

46 (CJ)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath (CK)burn like fire?
47 (CL)Remember (CM)how short my (CN)time is!
For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
48 (CO)What man can live and never (CP)see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of (CQ)Sheol? Selah

49 Lord, where is your (CR)steadfast love of old,
which by your (CS)faithfulness you swore to David?
50 (CT)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my (CU)heart the insults[f] of all the many nations,
51 with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
with which they mock (CV)the footsteps of your (CW)anointed.

52 (CX)Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might
  3. Psalm 89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones
  4. Psalm 89:28 Or will remain faithful
  5. Psalm 89:30 Or my just decrees
  6. Psalm 89:50 Hebrew lacks the insults

Cross references

  1. Psalm 89:1 : 1 Kgs. 4:31; 1 Chr. 2:6
  2. Psalm 89:1 : Ps. 101:1
  3. Psalm 89:1 : ver. 14, 24, 28, 33, 49; [Isa. 55:3]
  4. Psalm 89:1 : ver. 5, 8, 24, 33, 49; Ps. 88:11; 119:90
  5. Psalm 89:2 : [See ver. 1 above]; ver. 14, 24, 28, 33, 49; [Isa. 55:3]
  6. Psalm 89:2 : See Ps. 36:5
  7. Psalm 89:2 : [See ver. 1 above]; ver. 5, 8, 24, 33, 49; Ps. 88:11; 119:90
  8. Psalm 89:3 : ver. 28, 34, 39
  9. Psalm 89:3 : ver. 19; 1 Kgs. 8:16; Isa. 42:1
  10. Psalm 89:3 : ver. 35, 49; Ps. 132:11; See 2 Sam. 7:8-16; 1 Chr. 17:7-14; Jer. 33:17-21
  11. Psalm 89:4 : ver. 29, 36; John 12:34
  12. Psalm 89:4 : ver. 29, 36; [Isa. 9:7; Luke 1:32, 33]
  13. Psalm 89:5 : Ps. 19:1; 50:6; 97:6; See Rev. 7:10-12
  14. Psalm 89:5 : Ps. 88:12
  15. Psalm 89:5 : ver. 7; Job 5:1; 15:15; [Job 1:6]
  16. Psalm 89:6 : ver. 8; [Ps. 86:8]
  17. Psalm 89:6 : ver. 8; [Ps. 86:8]
  18. Psalm 89:7 : See Ps. 47:2
  19. Psalm 89:7 : [See ver. 5 above]; ver. 7; Job 5:1; 15:15; [Job 1:6]
  20. Psalm 89:7 : [Ps. 103:20, 21]
  21. Psalm 89:8 : [1 Sam. 2:2]; See Ps. 35:10
  22. Psalm 89:8 : See Ps. 68:4
  23. Psalm 89:9 : Ps. 65:7; Job 38:11
  24. Psalm 89:10 : [Ex. 14:30]
  25. Psalm 89:10 : See Job 9:13
  26. Psalm 89:10 : See Ps. 53:5
  27. Psalm 89:11 : Gen. 1:1; 1 Chr. 29:11
  28. Psalm 89:11 : See Ps. 24:1
  29. Psalm 89:11 : See Ps. 104:5
  30. Psalm 89:12 : Job 26:7
  31. Psalm 89:12 : Jer. 46:18
  32. Psalm 89:12 : Deut. 3:9
  33. Psalm 89:12 : Ps. 98:8
  34. Psalm 89:14 : Ps. 97:2
  35. Psalm 89:14 : ver. 2; [Ps. 85:13]
  36. Psalm 89:15 : See Ps. 66:1
  37. Psalm 89:15 : See Ps. 4:6
  38. Psalm 89:16 : [Ps. 20:5, 7]
  39. Psalm 89:16 : [Job 36:7]
  40. Psalm 89:17 : [Ps. 78:61]
  41. Psalm 89:17 : ver. 24; See Ps. 75:10
  42. Psalm 89:18 : Ps. 47:9
  43. Psalm 89:18 : See Ps. 71:22
  44. Psalm 89:19 : [ver. 3, 4]
  45. Psalm 89:19 : [Ps. 21:5]
  46. Psalm 89:19 : 2 Sam. 17:10
  47. Psalm 89:19 : See ver. 3
  48. Psalm 89:20 : Cited Acts 13:22
  49. Psalm 89:20 : 1 Sam. 16:13
  50. Psalm 89:21 : Ps. 80:17
  51. Psalm 89:22 : [2 Sam. 7:10]
  52. Psalm 89:23 : [2 Sam. 7:9]; See Ps. 2:9
  53. Psalm 89:24 : ver. 1
  54. Psalm 89:24 : ver. 1
  55. Psalm 89:24 : ver. 17
  56. Psalm 89:25 : See Ps. 72:8
  57. Psalm 89:25 : See Ps. 72:8
  58. Psalm 89:26 : [2 Sam. 7:14]
  59. Psalm 89:26 : [Ps. 18:2]
  60. Psalm 89:27 : Ex. 4:22; [Rom. 8:29; Col. 1:15, 18; Heb. 1:5]
  61. Psalm 89:27 : Num. 24:7; [Rev. 19:16]
  62. Psalm 89:28 : See ver. 3
  63. Psalm 89:29 : See ver. 4
  64. Psalm 89:29 : See ver. 4
  65. Psalm 89:29 : See Job 14:12
  66. Psalm 89:30 : 2 Sam. 7:14; 1 Kgs. 2:4
  67. Psalm 89:32 : See Job 9:34
  68. Psalm 89:34 : [See ver. 28 above]; See ver. 3
  69. Psalm 89:35 : See Ps. 60:6
  70. Psalm 89:35 : [Heb. 6:18]
  71. Psalm 89:36 : [See ver. 29 above]; See ver. 4
  72. Psalm 89:36 : See ver. 4
  73. Psalm 89:36 : [See ver. 29 above]; See ver. 4
  74. Psalm 89:36 : See Ps. 72:5
  75. Psalm 89:37 : [See ver. 36 above]; See Ps. 72:5
  76. Psalm 89:37 : See Job 16:19
  77. Psalm 89:38 : See Ps. 44:9
  78. Psalm 89:38 : ver. 20, 51
  79. Psalm 89:39 : Lam. 2:7
  80. Psalm 89:39 : See ver. 3
  81. Psalm 89:39 : See Ps. 74:7
  82. Psalm 89:39 : Job 19:9
  83. Psalm 89:40 : See Ps. 80:12
  84. Psalm 89:41 : [See ver. 40 above]; See Ps. 80:12
  85. Psalm 89:41 : [ver. 50]; See Ps. 44:13; 69:9, 19
  86. Psalm 89:45 : Ps. 102:23
  87. Psalm 89:45 : Ps. 71:13; 109:29
  88. Psalm 89:46 : See Ps. 13:1
  89. Psalm 89:46 : Ps. 78:63; 79:5
  90. Psalm 89:47 : Job 7:7; 10:9
  91. Psalm 89:47 : [Job 14:1]
  92. Psalm 89:47 : Ps. 39:5
  93. Psalm 89:48 : [Ps. 49:9]
  94. Psalm 89:48 : [Luke 2:26; Heb. 11:5]
  95. Psalm 89:48 : See Ps. 16:10
  96. Psalm 89:49 : [ver. 1, 2]
  97. Psalm 89:49 : [ver. 1, 2]
  98. Psalm 89:50 : [ver. 41]; See Ps. 74:18, 22
  99. Psalm 89:50 : Ps. 79:12
  100. Psalm 89:51 : [Ps. 17:11; 56:6]
  101. Psalm 89:51 : ver. 20, 38
  102. Psalm 89:52 : See Ps. 41:13

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